“Assam CM Himanta raises security concerns on Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi’s wife alleged link to Pakistan-backed NGO”, Organiser, February 13, 2025:
“The political atmosphere in Assam has heated up following allegations regarding Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi’s wife, Elizabeth Colburn, and her alleged links to a Pakistan-backed NGO. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, in a series of posts on X, raised concerns over Gogoi’s past engagements with the Pakistani High Commission and the professional background of his British wife.
CM Sarma alleged that in 2015, Pakistani High Commissioner Abdul Basit invited Gaurav Gogoi, then a first-term MP, to discuss India-Pakistan relations at the Pakistani High Commission in New Delhi. Sarma pointed out that Gogoi was not a Parliamentary Committee on External Affairs member at the time, questioning the intent behind this meeting.
“This visit occurred despite India’s official protest against the Pakistani High Commission’s interference in internal matters, particularly its involvement with the Hurriyat Conference,” Sarma stated. He further alleged that Gogoi took a group of 50-60 young Indians to interact with Pakistani officials……”
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